Dispensing apparatus.



A. PHILIPPSEN.

DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.29.1912.

Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

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.ASMUS PHILIPPSEN, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE HAWTHORNE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

DISPENSING APPARATUS.

Patented Aug. 24, 1915..

Original application filed June 4, 1912, Serial No. 701,556. Divided and this application led August 29, 1912. Serial 110,717,714.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AsMUs PHmiPPsEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and alresident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, haveinvented an Improvement in DispensingApparatus, of which the following de'scriptiomin connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the draw ings representing like parts.

This invention relates to dispensing apparatus, and will be best understood by reference to the following specification when taken in connection with the accompanying illustration of one specific embodiment thereof, while its scope will be more par.- ticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

This application is a division of my copending application, Serial No. 701,556, tiled June 4, 1912.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a plan, partly in section, of a dispensing apparatus embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a `sectional view, partly broken away, on line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a detail plan on an Ienlarged scale of the carrier rotating and locking mechanism; and Fig. 4 is a sectional View partly in elevation on line 4 4 of Fig. 3. e

Referring to the drawings, and to the specific embodiment of my invention which I. have there disclosed for illustrative purposes, I have there shown a casing 5 which may be of any suitable construction, but which herein comprises a base portion 6 surmounted by a superstructure, preferably consisting of a glass dome 7, which may be supported upon and secured to the base portion in any suitable manner. This casing serves to inclose and protect the mechanism and the supply of articles dispensed bythe machine.

Located within the casing and preferably within the glass dome so as to be visible through the latter is a magazine 9?, which may be of any suitable c onstructlon, but herein comprises a plurality of compartments 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14:, radially disposed about the center and supported in any suitable manner, as, for example, upon a supporting plate 15 surmounting the base portiona. rThese compartments with the exception of the compartment 9 serve to hold columns of the articles to be dispensed.

The compartment 9, however, will either be a dummy compartment having no articles placed therein, or it may, if desired,- be omitted, fora reason which will be presently explained, but fory the sake of preserving the symmetrical appearance of the magazine, I prefer to retain the compartment referred to as a dummy compartment. If desired, the walls of these compartments may be apertured, as shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose of providing a light construction and also exposing the articles ,therein to view. v

The columns of articles in the magazine may be supported in the latter and fed therefrom to the delivery point by any suitable means, but I have herein chosen to employ for that purpose a rotatable carrier 16 located beneath the magazine and mounted to rotate about a vertical axis. To this end, the carrier 16 is preferably secured to 'a vertical shaft 17 journaled in suitable bearings in a bracket 18 depending from the supporting plate 15. The carrier has suitable provision for receiving the articles from the magazine and delivering the same to the delivery point, and forthis purpose is preferably provided with a plurality of apertures 19 corresponding in number to thev number of compartmentsyof the magazine and placed radially in position to normally register therewith, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

It will thus be seen that when the various compartments of the magazine are filled with packages, the lowermost package in each compartment will rest in one ofthe apertures 4in the rotary carrier, the latter for this purpose being made approximately of the same thickness as the packages, so that as the carrier is rotated, the packages carried thereby will pass from beneath their respective columns of packages in the com partments, and the columns will be supported by the imperforate portions of the carrier. The packages are supported in the' apertures in the carrier by the supporting plate 15 hereinbefore referred to until they an outlet 22 located externally of the casing. o

Assuming, therefore, that a step-by-step,

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' ply `14 becomes exhausted, the carrier rotative movement is impartedto the carrier by suitable mechanism, such for exlample, as that hereinafter described, through an angular distance equal to the angular distance between the compartments of the magazine and the apertures in the carrier, the articles will be discharged from the apertures of the carrier successively as they register with, the aperture 20 of the supporting plate 15. As the apertures are thus emptied, they will pass successively beneath the compartment 14 and will receive new The packages thus received will be carried along beneath the remaining. compartments ofthe magazine, and will finally be discharged into the chute, as above explained. When, however, the supply of packages in the compartment will-then begin to draw its supply from the compartment 13, and when the latter is exhausted, the carrier will commence to draw its supfrom the compartment 12, and so on until all the compartments have been emptied. It will readily be seen that'by this arrangement, a magazine of very large capacity and yet of comparatively small dimensions can be provided.

A 'step-by-step,.rotative movement'may be imparted to the carrier by suitable mechanism, herein a ratchet 23 secured to the shaft 17 and driven by a spring pressed pawl 24 pivoted on a pawl carrier 25, the latter mounted to oscillate upon the shaft. This pawl carrier may receive an oscillatory motion from a suitable actuator 26 through any suitable means,

other end a slot 28, in which isA located a pin 29 carried by said actuator.

I preferably provide suitable means tov prevent overtravel of the articlecarrier 16 and to position and lock the latter ywith reference to the magazine and the delivery opening. To this end, I preferably provide a locking and positioning disk 30 secured to the shaft 17 and a coperating locking plate 31, the latter being preferably pivoted at 32 on the bracket 18.4 Preferably the bracket 18 is provided at its upper portion with a slot 33 to receive the upper end of the locking plate 31 and is provided at its lower portion with a slot 34 to receive the lower portion of the locking plate. By this'means, the locking plate, while free to be swung about its pivot radially with respect to the positioning disk 3o, is effecaiiiuy heid against lateral movement. The positioning disk 30 has suitable provision for receiving the locking plate 3l, herein being provided for this purpose with a plurality of radial slots 35, corresponding in number to the apertures in the article carrier 16., These slots form a plurality of teeth 36,'which are preferably backed off somewhat,'or, in other herein a link 27 pivoted 'at' one end to the pawl carrier and having in its consequently the article carrier. Iny this Way/` the article carrier is' caused accurately toA register with the magazine and with the delivery opening.

The locking plate 31 may be carried into and out of coperative engagement withthe positioning disk 30 by suitable -means, the same being herein provided for this purpose with an aperture 38, which receives a pin 39 carried by the link 27, so that as the latter is reciprocated under the'infiuence of the actuator 26, the locking plate will be correspondingly actuated. In the operation. of themechanism the actuator 26 is pushed `inlvvardly to its fullest extent, through the pawl and ratchet hereinbefore described to impart to the article kcarrier a partial rotative movement equal to the distance between two of the aperturesin the article carrier, thus causing the delivery of the article from the carrier into the delivery chute, the carrier being properly positioned and Alocked at this moment Iby the coperative action of the positioning disk and its locking plate.

While I have herein shown and described one form of myinvention for illustrative purposes and have disclosed and discussed 1. In a dispensing apparatus, the combil nation of a magazine for the articles to"be delivered, a rotary carriery adapted to transare curved or beveled inwardly at i thus acting fer the articles from the magazine, means for rotating said carrier, and means including' a positioning disk and a coperating locking member for locking the said carrier against rotation in either direction and in proper position to receive articles from said magazine. y

2. In a dispensing apparatus, the combination ofy a magazlne for the articles to be delivered, a rotary carrier adapted to trans- In testimony whereof, I have signed my fer the articles from the magazine, means name to this specification, in the presence ofv for rotating said carrier, and means includtwo subscribing witnesses. ing a radially slotted positioning disk, and v ASMUS PHILIPPSEN.

5 a coperating locking plate for locking said Witnesses: l

carrier, in proper position to receive articles EARL HORACE HAWTHORNE, from the magazine. ELIswonTH A. HAWTHORNE. 

